Three robbed at gunpoint at PA gas station

Three people were taken into custody late Sunday after three others were robbed at gunpoint at a Port Arthur gas station, according to a news release from the Port Arthur Police Department.

At about 10:44 p.m. Sunday, a PAPD officer was flagged down near the RaceWay convenience store at 2705 Memorial Blvd., according to the release. The officer reports that three people there claimed to have been robbed at gunpoint.

The victims said a car with three people pulled up next to them at the gas pump, and one person got out of the car and pulled out a gun before stealing jewelry, cash and cigarettes.

A description of the vehicle was given to officers, and Officer Reagan Bray located a matching vehicle at about 12:20 a.m. The three people inside the vehicle, said the news release, matched the victims' descriptions. Jewelry was found inside the vehicle, and was identified by the victims as the stolen property.

One of the three unidentified suspects was charged with aggravated robbery, the release said.